Li'l Dan the Drummer Boy(
Simon & Schuster $18.95 Score: ) Liíl Dan, who loves playing his drum, is a slave on a plantation during the Civil War. When the Union soldiers tell him he is free, Dan is happy but lost. He goes along with the soldiers and his drumming saves his new friends. Romare Beardenís art for this story was done many years ago, but it was never published. Narrated by Dr. Maya Angelou. 6Ė10.